Method of producing a packing for stuffing boxes or the like



Feb. 27, 1940.

C- M. ROE METHOD OF PRODUCING A PACKING FOR STUFFING BOXES OR THE LIKE Original Filed Aug. 3, 1936' KM r w ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 27, 1940 UNITED STATES: PATENT OFFICE IVIETHODOF PRODUCING A PACKING FOR STUFFING BOXES OR THE LIKE- Chester M. Roe, Hasbrouck Heights, N. J.

Original application August3, 1936, Serial No. 93,992. Divided and this application February 2, 1938, Serial No. 188,301

1 Claim'. (01.154-2) This invention has general relation to pack-' stuffing boxes, packing glands or the ings for like and has particular reference to a method of producingv an improved plastic packing havpreventing loss of 'ing incorporated therein a sealing element for the body of the packing, the

same being a division of my United States Letters Patent No. 2,112,545,

1938. I In stuffing boxes, pac

granted March 29,

king glands and the like it is frequently the practice to utilize metallic rings at the ends ther packing which is of a cot for retaining plastic fugitive nature in position therebetween and for preventing loss through the ends of the box or gland. In order to obviate the necessity of using such metallic rings, the present invention comprehends a method of producing a plastic packing having an elongateddeformable sealing element incorporated therein which effectively seals or calks 'theends of the stuffing box or packing gland so as to prevent packing therethroug The invention is also the loss of the plastic applicable to a sheathed plastic packing composed of fibrous material impregnated or coated with a lubricant, and

contemplates a method of such a nature havin of producing a packin g incorporated therein a ductile elongated sealing element located adjacent the inner periphery thereof so as to prevent the flow or loss of the fibrous material and lubricant from the ends of the stufling boxes or packing glands.

The invention more specifically concerns a method of producing a packing comprising a plastic body consisting graphite and an I adhesive incorporated therein of asbestos fiber, flake binder, and having ductile sealing element composed of an elongated stranded core located within the body adjacent and a flexible covering sealing element.

a side face thereof,

encasing the body and the character indicated which is preferably of coiled form and composed of a plurality of convolutions or coils so that the same may be severed to provide annular split ring sections, as

required.

Another method of producing a object of the invention resides in the packing of the character described which consists in encasing a plastic fibrous material consti packing and a sealing tuting the body of the element in the form of a core of twisted braided asbestos strands or of a combination of twisted asbestos strands and metal foil within a fabric covering of substantially circular cross sectional configuration, compressing the casing into rectangular shape in cross section andthe sealing element into angulated shape in cross section withthe sealingelement located adjacent one corner thereof and winding the compressed assemblage into annular form with the sealing element disposed adjacent the inner periphery, and one side edge thereof.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View in coiled formation of a packing produced in accordance with the method.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof with parts broken away so as to disclose the underlying construction.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view through the packing prior to compressing the '20- same into final form.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken approximately on the line 44 of Fig. 2, showing the packing after it has been compressed to rectangular cross sectional configuration.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross sectional view of one form of sealing element.

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view illustrating a modified form of packing.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view through a stufling box illustrating the packing in position therein.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, the packing produced in accordance with the method includes a plastic fibrous ma-v terial l0 such as asbes'tos fibre, which is mixed, impregnated or coated with a lubricant such as flake graphite and with an adhesive material binding the same into a homogeneous plastic mass. The packing may be of annular form having one or more convolutions and is encased 40 in a suitable flexible covering H such as a braided or woven fabric or any other suitable covering material.

Located within the casing together with the plastic fibrous material i0 is an elongated deformable sealing element designated generally by the reference character l2, which element is of a tenacious material such as twisted or braided asbestos strands or strands of metal foil or a combination of said materials which side of the longitudinal center, namely, adjacent a lateral side such as the side face I 4. In com-v pressing the packing to the form shown in Fig. 4, the sealing element I2 is distorted from the substantially circular form shown in Fig. 3 to the angular form shown in Fig. 4 having angularly related faces at the corner formed by the inner periphery I3 and side face I4.-

Preferably the sealing element I2 as shown in Fig. 5, consists of a core I 5 of twisted asbestos strands which may be impregnated or mixed with sealingelementwhich functions when the packing is-positioned in the stufling box; packing gland or the like to prevent :theflow or escape through the ends thereof of the fibrous material and lubricant forming the body of the packing and thereby obviate the necessity of employing metallic'rings at theopposite ends of the packing for such purpose. This is illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawing whereinthesealing elements I2 of the endmost convolutions of the packing are located adjacent the openings I! and I8 in the inner end of the stufiing box I9 and the gland nut 20,, so that when the packing is compressed in the stufling box or packing gland by tightena ingof the gland nut 20, the sealing elements I2 of the endmost-ring are: compacted andtightly engage the shaft or rod 2! to thereby seal the openings I! and I8 about the shaft or rod. Obviously as the endmost packing rings Wear out and the gland nut is tightened, thesealing elements I2 of the next adjacent rings will be disposed in a position to seal the openings I! and I 8. In applying the packing to the shaft or rod 2| as illustrated in Fig. '7, a length or section of four convolutions of the packing is wound upon the shaft at the inner end of the stufling box I9 with the sealing element disposed at the juncture of the inner periphery with the innermost lateral.

side: edge of each of the convolutions. Another length or section of three convolutions is wound upon the shaft 2| in theopposite direction and located adjacent the outer end of the stuffing box I9 to dispose the sealing element I2 adjacent periphery with the the juncture of the inner outer lateral side edge of each of the convolutions.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig.' 6 of thedrawing, a plurality of sealing elements I I2 are provided which are located within the periphery I 3 and the body I 0 adjacent the inner opposite side faces thereof.

In producing the packing in accordance with s the method, the covering I I is applied tothe plastic fibrous material II! forming'th'e body of the packing and the sealing element I2 in any desired 1 manner such as by feeding the same through a braiding machine so as to produce a braided fabric casing-of substantially circular cross sectional configuration which is then compressed so as to impart to the packing a rectangular cross sectional configuration and to distort the sealing element into angular form with the angulated sides thereof located adjacent to one corner therej Thepacking is thenwound consisting of a plurality of face of ,thecasing I I. into coiled formation adjacent convolutions I of and; preferably in contact with the inner sur: 20

of approximately the same diameters "and .with the sealing element disposedjacent to and in surrounding relation with the shaft or-rod and when the packing is compressed therein by the tightening of vthe gland nut, the

sealing element provides a tenacious stranded core extending around the shaft or rod and call:- ing the ends of thestufiing box or'packing gland to thereby prevent theescape or loss of the plastic fibrousimaterial which readily flows when compressed or heated;

What is claimed is: j I The method lof producing a packing of the character described consisting in forming an elon- L'- gatedflexible fibrous body of substantially circular cross sectional configuration, locating at the periphery thereof a co-e-xtensive, continuous,

tenacious, deformable sealingelement of sub 3 stantially circular crosssectional configuration,

surrounding the said body and sealing element with'a flexible tubular casing, compressing the assemblage into rectangular form in cross section so that the sealing element becomes angulated-in form and is located at a by two faces of the rectangular-shaped assemblage, and winding the compressed assemblage into annular form so as to dispose the sealing element adjacent thejuncture of the inner periphcry with a lateral side edge thereof.

corner formed l CHESTER M. ROE. I 

